Tech Assessment

Pre-employment assessment is a standardized tool for gathering data to assess and validate a candidate’s ability to perform on a job. Pre-employment assessment aims to reduce the burden of recruiters and hiring managers. They aid in assessing the analytical and logical ability, hard skills, soft skills, psychometry and domain knowledge of the candidates. Based on a study conducted by The Economic Times only 5% of the recruited mass is the right fit for their jobs…

Campus Recruitment Season in India (July to Dec) is one of the most hectic periods for a recruiter. Sure, one does get a high when it works out well, but in case the right strategy and the Campus Recruitment Checklist aren’t followed, it can turn into a badly organized event. Over the past 4 months, I’ve visited over a dozen odd Engineering Campuses across South India. Since my team built Xobin Interact, an #HRTech product…

Software Industry is one of the most fiercely contested job markets. Recruiters struggle to get a hold of the top developers and convince them to join their teams. In such a case, finding the best developers in a sea of “struggling to get an opportunity” youngsters is hard. But it is only as hard as you make it. Product Leaders have raced ahead in this regard, welcoming technology with open arms. Technical Aptitude Tests are one…

In our last two Articles; we have given you a brief idea about what sort of questions to ask your Front-End and Back-End developers in an interview. But the Dark Side and the Light Side have been at war for ages. The time is now for the “Catalyst” to come and bring balance to the Force. This Catalyst is a master of both the ways of the Jedi and the Dark Side and has great knowledge of…

Welcome to Part-2 of our Interview Question Series. In one of our previous articles, we had our say about what sort of questions one should ask in an interview. In the Part-1 of our Interview Question Series, we gave you a list of questions which you could pose to your Back-end developers in an interview. Now it is our turn to pick the most suitable questions you can ask a Front-End Developer during interviews. And…

If I told you that I could give you a spell that will let you live without ageing forever, would you believe me? I’d take my chances and say no. Most of you might even end up laughing at just the mention of spells. Why, because it is ridiculous. That is precisely the kind of thought top HR leaders have when someone asks about asking Coding oriented questions in an interview. Agreed that vetting your…

Interviews are tough. For both recruiters and the interviewees. But what makes it hard for everyone concerned is the degree of unsatisfaction most people come out with, post interviews. It gets tough to interview without using some of the cliched questions. The ideal interview would comprise the perfect mix of technical and behavioral questions. Now, how do we come up with the perfect mix and from where do we choose? The answer’s simple, just look…

When do you start believing that you need an external tool/resource to help you hire better? When do you say, I have done all I have, but I need to do better? Finally, when do you know you need an assessment platform? Answer: The moment you are starting to build a team that is now significant in size. The moment the quality of your employees becomes paramount. The more figurative truth comes when you see that…